the failening

[prof_pangaea]

this probably doesn't need to be said to anyone who will actually read it, but i thought i'd make it clear nontheless. statements that are inappropriate in all circumstances:

Also, while it's not exactly on the subject, I'd be unwilling to accept a Doctor that is non-Caucasian appearing. And no, this is not due to any latent racist views on my part. I just don't see the character working that way.

I don't want a black Doctor. Because I want to fancy him and I don't really find black men attractive.

saying the doctor can't be non-white because the character doesn't "work that way"? racist. justifying not wanting a black doctor because you don't find black men attractive? racist. no, this is not up for debate. this should be clear, and yet apparently isn't to some people. mentioning that statements like this are racist is not an attack against whoever might have said it. it's a statement of fact. if someone says something racist they can own up to the racism of their statement or try and explain it away, it doesn't change facts.

i was much wordier in other places but ya'll shouldn't need this to be explained to you so i think we're good.

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[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

That's the very definition of a blatant racist view.

my thoughts exactly.

As for the second quote, wow, what a sense of entitlement.

the poster later clarified that she was asian, and that she found black women attractive, so her statement obviously wasn't racist. whut? so you're only saying that half the black population of the entire world is intrinsically unattractive, not all of them, so it's not racist. okay.

later, though, she wrote a comment saying maybe it had been racist and since she'd been hurt by racism herself it was scary to think that maybe she could be racist too and seemed generally like she might have actually been thinking about the conversation. this was part of a thread that's since been deleted. but yay.

re: rec: i was recced once when calufrax started but that was a while ago now. that's two thirds of my posted stories covered, hurrah. the last one is so not worth reccing so i'm quite satisfied.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

whut? so you're only saying that half the black population of the entire world is intrinsically unattractive, not all of them, so it's not racist.

O.o Or possibly *facepalm*

she might have actually been thinking about the conversation

I hope she takes it one step further and not only thinks twice about racism but about demanding that everyone she sees on TV be judged solely on her sexual attraction. One likes to think that acting skills and interesting characters would also play a part.

that's two thirds of my posted stories covered, hurrah

Huzzah!

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

but about demanding that everyone she sees on TV be judged solely on her sexual attraction.

well, i understand wanting to have a fanciable doctor because i quite like that myself, but of course the fanciability comes from how well the actor plays the character, for me. let's face it, david tennant looks a bit like a weasel with a lazy eye, but once he started getting into the character i was like, "actually, that lazy eye is pretty charming...."

Huzzah!

now i just need to finish a few of my many many WIPs. and other projects. erm.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

but of course the fanciability comes from how well the actor plays the character, for me

Not just for you. Julius Carry as a guy didn't do all that much for me, but Lord Bowler knocked my knees out.